The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-06-24

Old servant when the whole orange for.
est, As far "a eve could see. burst out in
lower, with such blossoming as would
have wreaihed ali the brides OF the earth
WITH snowy sprays. and whose rich. rare
oaors one would think might have sailed
over tie seas themselves. and penetrated
e foreign countries with their sweetness.
Z Vow, said Julian. 70 lis brother
: and eonhdante, I'VE want to be fit for
Z Hhats coming. Don't let's waste any
e time. Dr. lancey has books enough.
: and he'll tel US what to read. and weYI
60 and see him and begin 10 get an edu-
] cation" And 90 much Of their plan as
b this they announeed to the family
! I'm sure don't see what Won can he
thinking about. whimpered his sister
p frlruie, when we're all but starving. I"
But Rachel was the only one whotooIr
T hold Of the books with them. and Ia
bored along As near them as She cold fol-
OK; and before the year was cut il was
surprising how much those lads and the
Young girl hal put into their memories.
Twice year Julian and Dan and old Cv
ami Darius went Of on what their mother
called their wicked and idle shooting
faT which he didn't see WHY their father
was willing 20 spare them old Cv. But
the father kept the secret. They believed
. Woald make the mother hsppy enough
by-aBd-by
some years later they set out early one
morning for the orange hummock. the
fathcr having eft note for the mother.
saying that he was going with the bows.
aid gong 10 take rachel.
Nobody enjoyed the whole ENTERPRISE
more than Rachel, who was a helpful
little body snd knew Of countless meth
eds Of adding 20 their comfort on the
WY Her own comfort was secured by
.he little donkey that Cy had borrowed
/ Of Dr. lancey and on viii h she rode.
you'll have 70 be a lot'of use, Rachel.
o. soon as w get there" said Julian.
'.aad 50 has Mr.. Father. -
But when she did get there, she found
az romzutic q little hut. made Of orange
b7ugbs, with two rooms in it. too that
the boys had made for her the last time
hey were there. as ore could have out
u q fairy story; and long before she
reached the Mace she could have found
tie way by the odors blowing toward
her ahd when, all at once, the orange
fo-est-uot IN orange grove or piania-
son. bat the orange-forest- burst Hpon
Der IN fall gorgeous fruit she could have
cried with rapture, only she knew her
father liked 70 have her staid and quiet.
But she knew she had come TO help them
gather their fortune, and all hands be- I
gan II once.
I'VE made a raft, you sec. father" /
said Julian. -'fhe last time we were here.
20. and We can feat it and there Is a
raft ticd rp Under The bushes there. and
that will { rs into the water wavs to the /
s. Jonn's II we sell our oranges well. {
re'ii have a better equipment ne1t wear, I
= - ------laAiienee pszass--k fatheri 1
When we've ralIe4 s.oWn one lot well I
come back for the next When those
fsst cid Spanish coionists, three hundred /
years ago, brought over a few grange I
shots from Seville. do you believe it I
ever occurred . them that such a forest |
e this would End u place hsrelr
Il was ali Julian eaid. and when I
they had finished their voyaging aud I
sid the last orange. the boys went back /
with their father. and made their mother I
q Eisit and stopped all her reproaches I
By telling her their story. Shortly after l
fhat. nasons and carpenters and garden I
ers Ecre a. work upon the house and the I
gronnds; and then the boys had taken
servants and mules with them. and had .
gone back 10 the Okeanolkolzee hum
mock. and racbel, with her mothers
en- ent. had gone along. 10 keep the
miia-u o.. Tan said. while they cleared
ont fhs hammock farther along, grating
new trees and tending old ones. and read
fhair books - night b. the light Of
barnina piteh-pine knots, before the lit
re huf IN the centre Of their orange
tres. that seemed 10 bud and bloom as
81 they knew the Wo.k they were doing
for the family that had two such sons
and such daughter as Rachel, in il.
II Wa hali-d zen years later that
met a. New Orleans a stately old gentle
mar. DIRE Cd faultlessiv: on his arm was
q pale sud graceful lady whose face,
happy asd smiling though il was, bore
tracrs = old discomfort and sorrow
Iae1e was n gruup Of young people in
sic 'slanre. busy over unks and has
kefs aud wTaps. -Frarnie and Rebecca,
I'D lf'le Rachel. grown as tail and
healsome a. theT, and their pert and
pretty quadroon waiting maid; and
lmes, who had crandiy thrown up the
keep which had once neaTly worn his
ife aut; sud The two boys, who had
iorg '.feH there WIS sleh a thing - a
shop counter or an oyster-scOW and
Dzriu-. erianiDg like a masque and old
a. J. lowering round uliAn and Dandrigde
b. i they were the chief treasures Of the
family. and losing then one lost orange
groves and al
Yes. aid the stately Old gentleman.
yes. ne are o. the way 70 see the boys
of 70 Europe. 10 give them the advan-
sagss Of the best elucsfion. Splendid
bgs. sir-deserre the best there is, and
am able 20 give II to them, and they
sail 'aFe t.
-4am ! stu in the cotton businessl
=. 90; the cotton business ief, me with
the Ear J an largely Interested in
ofange growing. Wy b0ys-fne young
mea early turned their attention 70 the
Wild bitter orange on my waste lands,
and thanks 70 them mean. thanks TO
iulisn and Dandri lge there-you viii
hariiy believe II. bat resolve more than
ien thousand dollars a year clear profit
from uy orange groves
Tie steamer bore away over the old
spanish mails, 70 Gibraltar and Genoa,
two promising young men, If young they
might he called. when nearly thirty.
Ten years had changed their fortune.
The old humm0ck still blossoms and
bears. aud becomes richer income year
lr. and j. likely to do 50 until ''the
begsr are cd. - Tesfi'. Companion.
A Negro Family Turning White.